Smart Growth and Its Effects on Housing Markets: The New Segregation (full text)

Environmental Justice Study /
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Yucca Mountain: The Right Place for Spent Nuclear Fuel, by Gerald E. Marsh and George Stanford

National Policy Analysis #383 /
In proposing to finalize Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the site of the nation's spent nuclear fuel repository, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham has made the right choice. This would be true on either side of September 11th, but on ...
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Civil Rights Commission Should Address the Economic Impact of Environmental Justice Policies

National Policy Analysis #382 /
Over the past few years, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hasn't been known for promoting racial harmony. Chairman Mary Frances Berry is a stalwart liberal who rules the Commission with an iron fist. Critics accuse her of using the ...
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Brownfields Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #385 /
As concern over "urban sprawl" intensifies, the Bush Administration is coming to the rescue by making it easier to revitalize decaying city infrastructures. This will both lessen the need for cities to expand and create new jobs and new sources ...
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A Different Standard for the Powerful Means no Environmental Justice from Washington, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #387 /
Laws are supposed to make our society orderly and protect the public interest. But red tape can overwhelm and actually cause more harm than good. The process can also be corrupted. Take, for instance, "environmental justice." This policy empowers the ...
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Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository to Open, Says U.S. Energy Secretary, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that he is recommending to President Bush that the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository be opened for storing the nation's nuclear waste ­ waste that currently is now in nearly 100 locations ...
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Enron and the Environmental Movement: Global Warming Politics Makes for Strange Bedfellows

National Policy Analysis #384 /
With a payoff worth tens of billions of dollars at stake, Enron Corporation laid out millions in campaign contributions in the 1990s apparently in part to persuade the Clinton Administration and the U.S. Senate to support the Kyoto global warming ...
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Second Amendment Rights Not a Matter of Race, by Jimmie Lee Hollis

New Visions Commentary /
I'm not a firearm enthusiast, but I am a staunch defender of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Based on years of watching the gun control debate in the public square, my conclusion is that some Second ...
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The Greatest Unfounded Health Scares of Recent Times, Part I: DDT, by Adam J. Lieberman (1967-1997) and Simona C. Kwon, M.P.H.

National Policy Analysis #386 /
Background DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) was first synthesized in 1877,1 but it was not until 1940 that a Swiss chemist discovered that it could be sprayed on walls and would cause any insect to die within the next six months, without any ...
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Civil Rights Commission Needs to Assess the Economic Impact of Environmental Justice Policies

New Visions Commentary /
Over the past few years, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hasn't been known for promoting racial harmony. Chairman Mary Frances Berry is a stalwart liberal who rules the Commission with an iron fist. Critics accuse her of using the ...
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